Pastors Civic Leadership Community
A community where pastors wrestle with living faithfully in public, leading congregations through complex times, and contributing pastoral insight to civic life.
The Pastors Civic Leadership Community (PCLC) is a formation-based initiative for ministry leaders navigating the intersection of faith and public life. PCLC is not a political training program, strategy lab, or partisan safe house. It is a place of renewal, clarity, and companionship for pastors who desire a more faithful way.
What We Do
Monthly Community Calls - Virtual gatherings featuring current events framing, theological teaching, and structured peer conversations. Open to all pastors who resonate with PCLC's vision.
Intensive Cohorts - 3-month formation experiences for 15-20 pastors, offered twice annually. Cohorts explore personal integration, congregational wisdom, and civic contribution (most cohort experiences include an in-person retreat for a time of deeper learning and connection).
Coaching and Conversation - Ongoing opportunities to connect with CCPL pastoral mentors for encouragement and support. Access to CCPL resources and relational connections that provide reprieve from cultural and theological polarization.
Resource Library - Access to frameworks, discussion guides, and practical tools for leading congregations through complex cultural moments.
Fill out the short interest form below if you are interested in joining the community!
Sign up to join our first conversation: AI and the Church!
We are excited to announce the first set of conversations that Pastors’ Civic Leadership Community will convene.
AI and the Church is coming in June, hosted by Alex Arnold, CCPL’s Director of Research. The conversation will focus on what the fact that humans are made in God’s image means for how we think about AI, to what extent we should worry about highly capable AIs, and what distinctive elements of the story of what God and humans are doing in creation have to say about our engagement with AI.
Dates: June 10 and June 17, 2026
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Fill out the interest form to request more information about these conversations!
There is no cost, but spots are limited. Once registered, we will follow up with more information and pre-reading.